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When the most powerful man on the planet in IT talks, we should listen… – On Apple’s market capitalization passing Microsoft’s: “It doesn’t matter very much. It’s not what’s important. It’s not what makes you come to work in the morning…It is a little surreal.” – On his return to Apple in the ’90s: “Apple was about 90 days from …

The first iPhone took 74 days. The iPhone 3GS took a weekend. iPad taking 28 days is impressive, considering it is more computer than phone… Let’s see how the competition are doing… HP Slate – cancelled. Microsoft Courier – cancelled. The iPad is the number one selling tablet computer in history and has taken it’s first step towards total ownership …

>Apple has a long relationship with Adobe. In fact, we met Adobe’s founders when they were in their proverbial garage. Apple was their first big customer, adopting their Postscript language for our new Laserwriter printer. Apple invested in Adobe and owned around 20% of the company for many years. The two companies worked closely together to pioneer desktop publishing and …

>iTunes helped put the Music store out of business Remember way back when the mall used to have Music Stores? Remember those stores that would let you preview the CDs before you bought them? Remember how you’d preview the $ 17.99 CD at the mall and then you’d go buy it at Best Buy (BBY) for $ 11.99? Do you …

>If you didn’t know any better, you might think this whole Apple vs Adobe thing blew up out of nowhere because Steve Jobs woke up one morning with a stiff neck and decided to take it out on Adobe. Those of you who imagine there might be more to it than that that might like to reminisce with a little …

>OK so the iPad was launched in the US today and will be in the UK and other countries on the 24th April. You can’t afford NOT to know about it. This device will change the face of modern computing and as such deserves it’s own space on ecademy. The result is the Apple iPad User Group! This is a …

>“Google is in trouble. I’m forecasting the next 24 months will take this stock back to its first year IPO levels of $300 a share. They’ve ruffled the wrong feathers,” Jason Schwarz writes for Seeking Alpha. “When I hear Apple CEO Steve Jobs mention that he feels betrayed by Google CEO Eric Schmidt and when I see Apple go out …

>Which companies have the best reputations? Well, for starters, Apple tops the list for the third year in a row. 1. Apple2. Google3. Berkshire Hathaway4. Johnson & Johnson5. Amazon.com6. Procter & Gamble7. Toyota Motor8. Goldman Sachs9. Wal-Mart10. Coca-Cola “With 250 million iPods, 43 million iPhones, and 32 million iPod touches sold to date, plus the promise of a game-changing iPad, …